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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:32 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK815 |
| MSN: | LS-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brielstraat, Beveren, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Raht of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Eric Frederick Curtis RAFVR 142853 (NCO:1335008 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 May, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Francis Dennis McQuillan RAF 591584 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roy Thomas Davis RAF 574589 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur Francis Stephens RAFVR 1576447 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Edward Norman Billington RAFVR 131956 (NCO:1043378 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 March, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Russell John Hunter RCAF J/16516 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Allen Waugh RCAF R/104788 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Patrick Martin RAFVR 1479054 [Killed]
All lie at the Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium (51.166083 / 4.368341)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK815
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2018 07:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Feb-2025 07:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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